Atlantic Coast Line R. Co. v. Watson

In order to impose upon defendant the duty of exercising ordinary and reasonable care not to injure him while alighting from the train — including the obligation to allow him a reasonable time to safely alight — it was necessary to show that defendant’s conductor, or some other responsible trainman, knew or had notice that he was not a passenger and that he intended to leave the train as soon as his mission was accomplished. So. R. Co. v. Patterson, 148 Ala. 77, 41 So. 964, 121 Am. St. Rep. 30; Whaley v. L. & N. R. Co., 186 Ala. 72, 65 So. 140, 52 L. R. A. (N. S.) 179.

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